Those lawsuits claim that black voters are now denied equal access to voting, which violates the Voting Rights Act.
The Biden administration and the Democrat-affiliated groups also "Failed to show a substantial likelihood of success on the merits as to their claims that the provisions" of the election law "Intentionally discriminate against black voters in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fifteenth Amendment and Section 2 of the ," the judge ruled.
"The fight for voting rights in the South has never been easy, especially for Black voters. We will never stop advocating on behalf of our clients and voters across the state. We look forward to presenting our case at trial," Rahul Garabadu, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, said in a statement.
Alaizah Koorji, assistant counsel at the Legal Defense Fund, one of the plaintiffs, claimed that the law will continue to present barriers to black voters, alleging they are "Designed to dilute Black political power."
In rejecting the claims that absentee ballots violate the Voting Rights Act, the judge wrote, "Without more, generalized evidence regarding the use of absentee voting is not sufficient to show that this particular provision, pertaining to one aspect of absentee voting, is discriminatory."
AD. On Thursday, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger hailed the judge's ruling in a news release, saying that "The court confirmed what we've been saying all along." The release added that the law "Strengthens election integrity while increasing the opportunity for Georgia voters to cast a ballot."
"Mr. Bastian should compare voting laws in Georgia-which include no-excuse absentee balloting, online voter registration, 17 days of early voting with an additional two optional Sundays, and automatic voter registration when obtaining a driver's license-with other states Delta Airlines operates in," Mr. Kemp told CNBC more than two years ago.
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